Example sentences of "who [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any golfer who qualified for the Tour had assuredly earned and paid for the privilege . |
| 2 | Apart from Mr Patten , four other ministers have lost their Cabinet posts : former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker , who is believed to have refused an offer to take over as Welsh Secretary ; Tom King from Defence , who asked for a break from office four months ago ; Peter Brooke from Northern Ireland ; and Lord Waddington , former leader of the Lords . |
| 3 | It was from Dr James Mortimer , who asked for an appointment with Holmes . |
| 4 | A contemporary of Gundulić was Junije Palmotić ( 1606–57 ) , a Ragusan noble who lived for a time in Bosnia , and who drew upon the Slav folk tales as well as on contemporary Italian and ancient classical traditions for the abundant outpouring of songs , satires , verse epics and dramas which he composed . |
| 5 | A neighbour at his home in Southend , Essex , said : ‘ He was a smashing lad who lived for the Army . |
| 6 | The conference was marked by a split between the USA , Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia on the one hand , who resisted the imposition of specific emissions cuts , and the remaining Western countries , including Europe , Japan and Australia , on the other , who argued for the adoption of a freeze on C02 emissions at present levels by the year 2000 . |
| 7 | The details of the case were outlined by prosecuting solicitor , Huw Evans , who applied for a remand in custody until next Monday . |
| 8 | Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review . |
| 9 | Millions who applied for the minimum 100 shares in the great water sell-off are likely today to be told their applications are being met in full despite a huge oversubcription to the £5.24billion privatisation . |
| 10 | Many from Transylvania who fought for the downfall of Ceaucescu are persecuted , whilst his defenders are treated as heroes . |
| 11 | Colonel Bullen Reynes , who fought for the king during the Civil War , built the house in the 1690s . |
| 12 | When they wanted to stop the investment programme , it was managing director Malcolm Cotton who fought for the idea . |
| 13 | The demonstrators want Britain to apologize for the executions of nine men who fought for the island 's independence in the fifties . |
| 14 | There were those who fought for the joy of fighting and those who slew for the sake of slaying . |
| 15 | There were some who were clever , some who were stupid , and none who cared for the lecture that would take her forty-five minutes to read and three evenings to prepare . |
| 16 | I could see that the old bull was not going to be forced to drink , and he protested by coming after my father-in-law who made for the post . |
| 17 | Powell also displayed remarkable agility in dealing with the numerous Los Angeles collectors who vied for a share of the museum 's limelight . |
| 18 | Certainly those who came for a meal with Dorothy Mellings — while Alice was there , with Jasper — tended to come in ones or twos , mostly women , perhaps needing Dorothy 's advice , or even to borrow money ; divorced friends — so many of the couples that had been to the Mellings 's in the good days had split up . |
| 19 | No the men that was work oh the men that was just there was oh Those names was the one who came for the shooting season . |
| 20 | Erm it was actually somebody who came for an interview and you know how you sit in on the presentations when you do the group presentations ? |
| 21 | Bill Davies was a Welsh International winger who played for The Palace in nearly 200 Southern League matches in two spells with the club from 1907 , until the 1st World War forced a conclusion to fully competitive football in 1915 . |
| 22 | Gavin Nebbeling was a tall , upright , South African central defender who played for the Palace throughout the 1980s , but his career was continually dogged by injury and this rather limited his value , although his League appearances exceeded 150 by the time he moved on to Fulham in the summer of 1989 . |
| 23 | Alan Stephenson was a tall , stylish , slimly-built but strong centre-half , who played for the Palace with grace and power in the tough footballing days of the mid-1960s . |
| 24 | SPAIN , who qualified at the expense of their fellow Iberians , Portugal ( withdrawn ) , are captained by winger Jaime Gutierrez and include several players from the senior squad ; while JAPAN feature , among a host of World Cup players , the electric winger Yoshihito Yoshida , of Meiji University , who played for the World XV in the Centenary series against New Zealand . |
| 25 | Paddy , 26 , who played for the Hare And Hounds , at Sway , said : ‘ It 's totally ridiculous . ’ |
| 26 | Statham , who played for the county from 1950 to 1968 , served on the committee for 21 years . |
| 27 | Adrian Jones , who studied for a number of years at Parnham House , has made a similar cabinet , and in the September issue he displays that piece and talks bout his work as a successful furniture-maker . |
| 28 | Alan Hey , who graduated in that year and now works in Sheffield , is planning a party for students who studied for a Diploma in Ceramics or a Manager 's Diploma in Ceramics . |
| 29 | Always a favourite in London , the Russian star who opted for the West in 1974 is now in his mid-forties — absolutely the right time to change over to a repertoire well within his present compass . |
| 30 | Those who opted for the unit trust — the South and East Asia Growth Trust — would have been able to realise their holdings for cash at about 98 per cent of Drayton Asia . |